Die Datenlage zur Entwicklung der Verschuldungssituation infolge der Covid-19-Pandemie ist bislang lückenhaft. Die vorliegenden Datenpunkte und weitere Evidenz weisen jedoch trotz des schwerwiegenden Wirtschaftseinbruchs und der Folgen der Lockdowns auf Haushalte und konsumorientierte...

We study the effects of fiscal policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the firm, sector, country and global level. First, we estimate the impact of COVID-19 and policy responses on small and medium sized enterprise (SME) business failures. We combine firm-level financial data from 50...

This paper models the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Irish SMEs and extrapolates forward their performance as restrictions ease. Our baseline scenario shows a steady recovery path for the median firm. However, indicators of financial difficulties remain persistently high with the...

Corporate sector vulnerabilities have been a central policy topic since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we analyze some 17,000 publicly listed firms in a sample of 24 countries, and assess their ability to withstand shocks induced by the pandemic to their liquidity, viability...